Bath and North East Somerset Council promises to encourage more reporting of hate crime

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Bath and North East Somerset Council has agreed to raise more awareness of hate crime and how to report it.

The Labour group saw its motion unanimously agreed upon by councillors as they met at the Guildhall in Bath on Thursday night (September 14).

B&NES Labour leader Robin Moss (Westfield), said: “There are some people who believe they can abuse and assault people because of their race, religion or sexual preference. They need to know that authorities like the council, the police, and SARI will not tolerate this.

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The Association of Chief Police Officers and the Crown Prosecution Service defines hate crime as a criminal offence “perceived to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person’s race or perceived race; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; disability or perceived disability and any crime motivated by hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender.”

The Labour report said hate crime was up 20 per cent in the first quarter of this year but that it is “believed to be significantly under-reported.”

The council has also accepted “a role as a community leader to take a lead in challenging hate crime in whatever form it may take and that division and intolerance have no place in society.”